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12 December, 2024
A new AI model from the Chinese University of Hong Kong has proven effective in identifying ophthalmic diseases. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

A Hong Kong AI model is accurately identifying eye conditions at high rates

The open-source VisionFM model from the Chinese University of Hong Kong is comparable to doctors at diagnosing ophthalmic diseases, paper finds.

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The ‘AI Olympics’ gets new hurdles in Canada as US-China tech war plays out

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Video of a robot leading a mass escape draws laughs and fears over AI in China

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Huawei’s AI chips fill Nvidia-sized hole in medical research in Hong Kong

An AI research centre under the Chinese Academy of Sciences is using Huawei chips to power its Cares Copilot model that helps with surgery.

The Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics says that Huawei chips have proven satisfactory for the lab’s research needs. Photo: Shutterstock
SCMP Highlights

Recap | China’s genetically modified sweet tomatoes, AI robot lifeguards: 5 top science stories

From genetically enhanced tomatoes to advanced satellite imaging and 6G radiation fears for fertility, here are five of our recent China science stories.

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China’s netizens warned that shutting down scientists’ views may hobble progress

Renowned scientists such as physicist He Zuoxiu and Fields Medal winner Yau Shing-Tung have been subjected to online attacks.

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The scientist on a mission to nurture AI talent in Hong Kong

Ma Yi explains why Hong Kong is an ideal place to attract global talent and how he is using the new role at the University of Hong Kong to promote academic exchange.

Ma Yi, head of the Department of Computer Science and chair professor of artificial intelligence at the University of Hong Kong. Photo: Zhou Xin
Semiconductors

China claims breakthrough that could clear chip-design hurdle

A Wuhan-based lab has announced a ‘milestone’ that could help China overcome restraints imposed by traditional chip-design technology.

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Wellness

How detection of heart disease risk, and its treatment, continue to advance

On World Heart Day, we look at advances in detecting risks of heart attack and stroke, and steps being taken to promote healthy lifestyles.

Science

‘Huawei too closed, monopolistic’: Chinese academic’s rare outburst signals rift

China cannot win using ‘Chinese-style closure and monopoly to fight Western-style monopoly and containment’: computer scientist Sun Ninghui.

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As Huawei is expected to unveil an AI semiconductor this month, China’s top computer scientist has criticised the company’s supply chain ambitions. Photo: Shutterstock
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China churns out AI research but ‘decoupled’ from global networks, report finds

Six of the top 10 ‘rising institutions’ in past five years are in China but connectivity lags behind US, Britain and Germany, according to AI index.

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Competition in artificial intelligence has become heated but there are no formal bans on collaboration between countries. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Alibaba

Alibaba CEO eyes greater AI research and development, open sources 100 new LLMs

Alibaba Cloud on Thursday also launched a new text-to-video model, as CEO Eddie Wu reveals increased pace of AI development at Apsara event.

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Alibaba Cloud to kick off annual Apsara tech event with focus on AI

Alibaba’s cloud unit will kick off its annual tech event this week, bringing together large language model start-ups to discuss the future of artificial general intelligence.

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Chinese AI start-up hails ‘important improvement’ in OpenAI’s newest model

LLM developers have run out of organic data to train models, so they are turning to reinforcement learning to generate more data.

The OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration photo taken May 20, 2024. Photo: Reuters
Science

China research ‘bridges gap’ between power hungry AI models and the human brain

Industry experts believe the team’s findings could mark a pivotal shift away from silicon-based computing solutions.

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Each of the brain’s 100 billion neurons is more diverse and complex than any existing artificial intelligence model. Illustration: Shutterstock
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Exclusive | Meet Yang Hongxia: the PolyU AI scientist who wants to change how LLMs are built

Yang Hongxia said she wants to change the existing resource-intensive process of training large language models into a decentralised, machine-learning paradigm.

Science

Chinese team creates first AI training system that runs entirely on light

Taichi-II chip is fully optical and significantly boosts efficiency and performance, according to Tsinghua University scientists.

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Chinese scientists create AI military commander to run virtual war games

A ‘virtual commander’, which is being kept strictly confined to a laboratory, has been developed for the PLA.

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In a world first, China has created an AI military commander which leads virtual war simulations. Photo: Shutterstock
Science

Chinese AI system doubles rate of detecting oesophageal cancer lesions: paper

Algorithm that highlights lesions on the gullet for doctors during an endoscopy is now used in hundreds of hospitals in China.

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Chinese scientists create world’s most energy-efficient AI chips

Two record-breaking Chinese-made AI chips have wowed audiences at a prestigious conference.

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Drug development can take over a decade. AI helped make a medicine in 18 months

Evidence that AI tools can slash years off early-stage analysis will ‘revolutionise drug discovery’, researchers say.

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Insilico Medicine has harnessed AI-drug discovery to map out an experimental drug for a lung disease that affects millions of people around the world. Photo: Insilico Medicine
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Chinese researchers hope to create ‘real AI scientists’

The scientists wrote in a recent paper that they had found ways to train machines with ‘prior knowledge’ such as the laws of physics or mathematical logic.

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Chinese researchers are trying to incorporate “prior knowledge” with data when training machines. Photo: Shutterstock
Science

Chinese team uses data and AI to help predict dementia 15 years before onset

Team finds ‘important plasma biomarkers for future dementia prediction’ with their data-driven strategy, according to paper in Nature Ageing journal.

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China unveils new AI rules for scientists, banning use in funding applications

The guidelines say AI cannot be credited as a co-author and any use of the technology for research purposes must be clearly labelled.

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Hong Kong researchers seek key to advanced AI chip within human brain

HKU scientist leading quest says the answer could lie in the memristor, an emerging memory device that mimics the brain’s storage and processing function.

Future memristor chips may be able to offload AI tasks from data centres to smartphones and watches with great energy efficiency, be used in subdermal health-monitoring implants and help to speed up virus genome sequencing. Photo: HKU
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